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Old 02-02-2008, 06:56 PM
Jackkson Jackkson is offline
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Default Specs for a custom Pro Tools computer

Intel CORE 2 Q6600/2.4Ghz/2x4MB/1066FSB/LGA77
Zalman CNPS8700LED (Copper) CPU Cooler for Intel SK775 AMD SKAM2/754/939/940
Asus P5KC S775 QuadCore P35 FSB1333 DDR2+3 2xPCIEx16 SATA2 F/W.LAN ATX
DDR2 2048MB(2x1G)PC6400 800Mhz Kingston
DDR2 2048MB(2x1G)PC6400 800Mhz Kingston
Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200RPM(16Mb Cache)
Asus Radeon HD2400XT 256MB DDR3 PCIEx16 VGA HDTV DVI HDCP
Acer X223W 22 Widescreen LCD Monitor Silver/Black DVI (HDCP) 5ms 2500:1 ACM
Samsung 20xDVD -/+R/RW Dual Layer OEM Black SATA (SH-S203D/BEBN)
Antec Sonata Plus ATX Case
Microsoft Windows XP Home (OEM)

How does this sound, Any comments/ suggestions?
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Old 02-03-2008, 03:20 PM
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Default Re: Specs for a custom Pro Tools computer

Sounds good to me.. That would be LGA 775 not 77, I'm using a Gigabite motherboard with socket 775 and Intel P4 processor 3.20Ghz and 4GB of Dual RAM.. works great running Mix+ system.. The Sonata case is very beautiful and well designed.. very expensive over here in Iceland.

any suggestions? Here are a few you might consider

1. Use 2 HDD, one for System and one for Audio.
2. Two Acer 19' or bigger, one for edit window and one for mix window.
3. Windows Xp Pro instead of Home edition and Optimize Windows XP
for Pro Tools, info's right here at this forum.

unless you've already bought this stuff???
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Old 02-03-2008, 05:38 PM
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Default Re: Specs for a custom Pro Tools computer

The Previous poster is correct one drive for the system and one drive for audio and if your planning on using a lot of VI's than a drive for samples.

The cooler running 320Gb drives are the best choice for their single platter construction. Using DDR2 1066 with timings og 5-5-5-15 gives the best performance. If your going to use DDR2 800 than you want timings of 4-4-4-12.

No advantage to XP Pro on a DAW unless you need some XP Pro specific funtionality like the abilitiy to join a domain.

BTW this is the TDM forum and this should probably been posted in the Windows LE forums.

If you want a Q series board for a TDM rig the the only choice is HD PCI cards and the expensive ASUS WS 975X based board.
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